Film spool magazine for roll film photographic cameras



pfil 1, 1941. G. B. FOLLocK E FOR ROLL. FILM PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS FILM SPOOL MAGAZIN Original Filed Aug. l2, 1935 INVENTOR.

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Patented Apr. 1, 1941 FILM SPOOL MAGAZINEy FOR. ROLL FILM PHOTOGRAPHIC CALMERAS Gordon B. Pollock, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 12, 1935, Serial No. 35,801 Renewed July 27, 1939 (Cl. W12-+71) 7 Claims.

My invention relates to roll-film spool cartridges, magazines, or containers intended principally to be used with small hand photographic cameras for loading a roll of raw lm in cartridge form into an appropriate chamber in a camera, which spool-cartridge will permit convenient manipulation of suitable lengths of film therefrom to a focal plane position for receiving the photographic exposure, and which, after each such exposure will facilitate transfer of such light-impressed portion of lm to a similar and interchangeable spool-magazine, which, after exhaustion of the raw lm from the rst mentioned spool-cartridge and transfer of the last section of light-impressed film to said exposed iilm spool-container, will permit removal of said receiving cartridge from the camera without danger of-fogging the lm.

Principal objects of my said invention are to provide a neat, compact, easily manipulated, low priced, roll-film magazine, which not only will at all times protect all portions of the film from chance eXposure-iogging, but which will provide a light and moisture proof receptacle in which the sensitized surface of the lm during storage both before and after exposure, as well as while being manipulated in the camera will be protected against abrasion as Well asy from injury by contact of portions of the sensitized surface with adjoining backs of other portions of the iilm dur- J ing extreme thermal conditions.

Other objects and corresponding advantages will be apparent t all of skill in this art upon study of the appended drawing and the detailed description to follow.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View on reduced scale with respect to the other views of the side wall with certain appended parts, before being rolled for assembled position;

Fig. 2 designates a plan View of the magazine with the upper cover or cap removed;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View of said i'llm magazine illustrating its use within an appropriate chamber of a camera designed for its use, such as described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 24,208, iiled May 3l, 1935, for Cameras, now Patent No. 2,129,959 of September 13, 1933;

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modied means for holding caps and walls in assembled position. n

-Referring more particularly to the drawing in which like numeralsy indicate similar parts throughout the several views, I0 designates a wall, substantially cylindrical when in assembled position, comprising a rectangular sheet preferably of thin spring metal, such as brass, provided i with narrow longitudinal extensions II and I2 at one end (see particularly Fig. 1 where, unassembled, such wall is spread out flat), said wall I!! being rectangularly embossed at its other end to provide, for the purpose hereinafter described, a depressed ilat surface or panel of a width less than the width of wall I0 as indicated at I3. The portions of the wall Ill at opposite sides of the de pressed surface I3, provides abutments I3a and respectively.

Before assembling with other parts to form the spool-magazine, extensions II and I2 of wall I0 are doubled back at the point indicated by dotted line I4 of Fig. l, and at such point of doubling (which is also closely adjacent the vertical edge of wall I0 intervening between said eX- tensions II and I2) the metal is bent to form a lip I5, for the purpose hereinafterv described.

In assembled position, such as more clearly shown in the vertical sectional View of Figs. 3 and 6, wall I0 is rolled to an appropriate diameter and so as to inclose doubled-back extensions I I and I2, which latter members, unattached beyond their point of folding, extend loosely and spirally within; and Wall Ill, being so rolled, is resiliently held in substantially cylindrical form by the placement of caps I6 and I'I over each end, thin felt pads 2Ia, circular in form, being placed in each of said caps, to insure a light-tight closure.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, caps I6 and I'I are secured in assembled positions by partially soldering or brazing their respective inclosing flanges to upper and lower edges of wall I0, such soldering or brazing, however, being omitted for a space, the extent of which will be readily determined by any of skill in this art, adjacent the lm aperture hereinafter described, for the purpose of utilizing the resiliency of Wall I0 adjacent said aperture and Within, to maintain the same, as a light trap, normally closed.

It will be noted that wall I0 is of suilicient length, proportionately, to permit when rolled in assembled position its end terminating in lip I5 to overlap its opposite end I8, with ypanel I3 being overlapped by said wall I0 and curved substantially parallel to the portion of the Wall which overlaps it. It will be observed that extensions II and I2 have a portion of their lengths passing between said overlapped ends of Wall Ill,

vcurved channel into the container.

nel thus formed is preferably of sunicient length i which extensions contact abutments I3a and Iiib respectively. Between lip I5 and the end of wall Il) to which panel I3 is connected, a slot Illa is formed parallel to the axis of the substantially cylindrical container which Wall I@ comprises.

Resiliency of the portion of said wall I) terminating in overlapped portion I8 results in normally pressing the abutments i3d and ISI) against extensions II and I2 respectively. The depressed surface or panel I3 and the portion of Wall III overlapping the panel are thus spaced from a plane through and parallel to the face of abutments Ilia and Ib which Contact the exten# sions Il and I2, respectively, thereby forming a The chanto form an effective light trap. A boss I9 isprovided intermediate the side edges of wall `III adjacent depressed surface I3 to engage the inside wall of an approximately cylindrical compartment in camera Illa. (as more clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing) so as to partially elimi-` nate resilient contact between overlapped ends of wall IIl while the spool-magazine is in the camera, thus to permit free movement of the nlm from or to respective spool-magazines.

In the embodiment .shown in Fig. 6 a pillar riveted to the axial center of cap IIal and extending vertically, forms lan axis of the magazine cylinder, being vertically bored and internally screwthreaded at its upper end to receive screw 2| which extends through an appropriate aperture in the axial center of cap I'Ea and is threaded into sai-d bore, thus Ito secure both caps Ita and IIa in assembled position with wall I0 and its appurtenances.

It will be apparent that the nlm may be maniplulatedv between the resilient overlapping closure-ends of wall I0, and that lip I5, acting as a guide during its passage through the space between said overlapped ends, Will contact only at its margin due to the rectangular indentation I3 and the portions of extensions I'I and I2 in conltaot with theedges of the lm between overlapped portions of wall Ill. When the film ulpon entering the magazine, .passes the space between such overlapped ends of wall II), it received and carried by `the resiliency of spirally disposed extensions III and I2, whichguide its progress in forming a roll, and which at the same time gently impel successive. convoloticns of film rto wind with sufiicient tightness to `conserve space.

Before removing from the camera Illa la slight turn of the film magazine (oounterclockwise as shown in Fig. 5) will disengage bosses I9 from the interior wall of the camera nlm compartment and will permit `a. tight closure of the nlm l apeoture ol the spool-magazine.

Contact means for moving the film flnom or into its spool-magazine while in the camera is disclosed and covered in my-co-pending application above referred to.

While. I have Shown and described what I be-y light-trap, owing to its comparative length and curvature, alone will ,prevent any damaging amount of light to enter the lm magazine. If nonresilient members II .and I2 are used, a

vmagazine is provided which cannot be re-used j construction .or design as -I believe invention ref sides in the combination illustrated and described,

regardless of any resilient qualities of any of the elements and notwithstanding changes of form, such as those above outlined. n

It is also quite clear that other means than those above speciiically described, for holding tlhe parts in assembled position may be employed-al1 without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patentis;

1.` In a device of the character described, an

, enclosure, a lm magazine within said enclosure,

in form substantially of a hollow cylinder, a por; tion of the cylindrical wall of which extends spirally within an overlapped portion of said wall, thus forming an aperture between said joverlapped portions of the cylindrical wall, .a

boss on said cylindrical Wall adjacent the inner overlapped portion thereof between said. inclo.- sure and the wall of said container to space apart the overlapped Walls forming said aperture` vto permit movement of film .into and out of the interior of said cylinder.

2. In a device of the character described, .a tube comprising a substantially cylindrical wall having its ends overlapped, closure plates for the ends of said tube, the middle portion of the innerlapped portion being indented to provide a narrow passage for the insertion o-f nlm, a strip adjacent each edge of' the inside of the o-uter lapped portion 0l said wall forming a channel. l. between the lapped portions of the Wall intermediate said strips, said strips extending spirally into said tube so as tospool lm inserted through said channel..

3. In a device ofthe character described, a. Wall forming a cylindrical container having a slot therein parallel to the axis :of the container, a panel of a width less than `the width of said wall connected to the wall adjacent said slot and extending into said container substantially parallel `to an adjacent portion of the wall, spacing means connected to opposite side edges' of said panel and abutting means connected to the part of the container wall overhanging said panel Vand extending along the inner surface o-f the side portions of said overlapping part of the container wall, the adjacent faces of said last-named means and said spacing means, respectively, being in abutting relation to space the paneland the .portion of the overhanging cylinder Wall between said spacing and abutting means Vfrom a plane through the ycontacting faces of said; spacing means and abutting means, and thereby form a composite chan-nel for the passage of film into said container comprisingthe opposed channels formed vbetween the above `mentioned'means connected to said panel and the wall overhanging said panel, respectively, said means connected to the portion of the container Wall overhanging said panel being extended spirally into said container to spool film inserted through said slot.

4. In a device of the character described, a substantially cylindrical container comprising a spiral Wall having a slot formed therein parallel to its axis between the overlapping portions `of said wall, means extending along and lying against the opposite edges of the inner surface of the overlapping portion of said wall to space said overlapping portion from the inner lapped portion of said spiral Wall and extended into said container in an arc of smaller radius than the Wall of said container to spool film fed through said slot, and means integral with the opposite edges of the outer surface of the lapped portion of said wall to space said lapped portion from said last mentioned means, the means integral with said lapped portion of said wall and the first named means being separable for the passage of the opposite side edges of a strip of lrn, there being an unrestricted channel formed between said spacing means and between adjacent surfaces of said lapped aridl overlapping edges respectively, for the passage of the middle portion of a strip of film.

5. A film magazine in the form of a substantially hollow cylinder, a portion of fthe wall of said cylinder extending spirally within an overlapped portion thereof thus forming an aperture between said overlapped portions of said cylindrical wall to permit manipulation of film into and out of the interior of said cylinder, and a pair of spaced parallel strips connected to the ends of said overlapping portion of said cylindrical wall and extended spirally Within said cylinder so as to space the lapped portions of said wall and impel spooling of film urged through said aperture, said strips forming the sides of an unrestricted channel therebetween on the inside of said outer portion. of said wall.

6. In a cassette, members defining an enclosed space for iilrn, a light trap permitting entrance and exit of film therethrough without fogging lm within said cassette, and at least one finger in said cassette shaped to an arc of relatively small radius and adapted to curl an initial convolution of film forced into said cassette through said light trap, and to be displaced by additional convolutions, said finger being of non-resilient metal, whereby said displacement is permanent, and whereby said cassette having once been used for the reception of exposed film, is not adapted for re-use.

'7. In a cassette, members defining an enclosed space for film, inner and outer portions defining a non-rectilinear passageway from the outside of said cassette to the inside thereof, said passageway constituting both a liglrt trap, and a path for the entry and withdrawal of film, and fingers within said cassette and curved and positioned to receive the end of a film forced into said cas-` sette through said passageway and conform it to a circular convolution of relatively small diamL eter, said fingers being distortable to accommodate additional convolutions as more film is forced into said cassette and coiled therein, said fingers further being of non-resilient substance capable of retaining the distortion so produced, so that said cassette, after use for reception of one film, becomes unsuitable for the reception of another film because of the distortion of said iingers.

GORDON B. POLLOCK. 

